The bridge was originally built by the St. Louis Merchants Exchange after it lost control of the Eads Bridge it had built to the Terminal Railroad. The Exchange feared a Terminal Railroad monopoly on the bridges but it would eventually lose control of the Merchants Bridge also.
In 2018 work began on an extensive renovation of the bridge projected to cost $172 million.[2] In September 2022 the Terminal Railroad completed the large reconstruction project, doubling the bridge's capacity from roughly 32 trains per day to 70 trains per day. Prior to the reconstruction, only one train, traveling at 5 miles per hour, could cross the bridge at a time.[3][4] The final cost of the project was $222 million.[4]
merchants, bridge, officially, merchants, memorial, mississippi, rail, bridge, rail, bridge, crossing, mississippi, river, between, louis, missouri, venice, illinois, bridge, owned, terminal, railroad, association, louis, opened, 1889, crosses, river, miles, n. The Merchants Bridge officially the Merchants Memorial Mississippi Rail Bridge is a rail bridge crossing the Mississippi River between St Louis Missouri and Venice Illinois The bridge is owned by the Terminal Railroad Association of St Louis It opened in May 1889 and crosses the river 3 miles 5 km north of the Eads Bridge 1 Merchants BridgeCoordinates38 40 29 N 90 11 10 W 38 67472 N 90 18611 W 38 67472 90 18611CarriesFreight and passenger trafficUnion Pacific BNSF AmtrakCrossesMississippi RiverLocaleSt Louis Missouri and Venice IllinoisOfficial nameMerchants Memorial Mississippi Rail BridgeOwnerTerminal Railroad Association of St LouisCharacteristicsDesignSteel truss bridgeTotal length2 490 feet 760 m Longest span520 feet 160 m Clearance above83 feet 25 m HistoryOpened1889Rebuilt2022StatisticsDaily traffic70 trains per dayLocationThe bridge was originally built by the St Louis Merchants Exchange after it lost control of the Eads Bridge it had built to the Terminal Railroad The Exchange feared a Terminal Railroad monopoly on the bridges but it would eventually lose control of the Merchants Bridge also In 2018 work began on an extensive renovation of the bridge projected to cost 172 million 2 In September 2022 the Terminal Railroad completed the large reconstruction project doubling the bridge s capacity from roughly 32 trains per day to 70 trains per day Prior to the reconstruction only one train traveling at 5 miles per hour could cross the bridge at a time 3 4 The final cost of the project was 222 million 4 See also EditList of crossings of the Upper Mississippi RiverReferences Edit Primm James Neal 1981 Lion of the Valley St Louis Missouri 1764 1980 Boulder CO Pruett Publishing Company p 311 ISBN 978 1 883982 25 6 St Louis Merchants Bridge to receive 172 million renovation privately funded St Louis Public Radio 13 July 2018 Retrieved January 10 2019 Merchants Bridge reopens after four year 222M project FOX 2 2022 09 15 Retrieved 2022 11 01 a b Schlinkmann Mark Replacement of 132 year old St Louis rail bridge nears completion STLtoday com Retrieved 2022 11 01 This article about a specific rail bridge in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a bridge in Illinois is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a bridge in Missouri is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a building or structure in St Louis is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Merchants Bridge amp oldid 1132143742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
